NYFW: Linda Evangelista Arrives at Timo Weiland for Less Than $10k

Despite once claiming she wouldn't wake up for less than $10,000, Linda Evangelista arrived bright and early at Milk Studios today to support Timo Weiland, one of the labels being nurtured by the CFDA {Fashion Incubator} program. "I'm wearing all Timo, of course!" she said with a smile. "It's a great piece, and they're so sweet, aren't they?"

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Evangelista wore a black eyelet look from their runway collection, and although it was cool and luxe, it wasn't exactly a $10k investment: Weiland's dresses retail for around $500 to $600!

ELLE.com ventured backstage to interview design partners Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein about their new collection—and of course, their new supermodel super fan.

So you're BFFs with Linda Evangelista now, huh?

Timo Weiland: Yes, we're total besties. We walk our dogs together and everything.

Alan Eckstein: Okay, no, we don't, but we plan to. I have a miniature dachshund named Coconut, and she has the cutest little French bulldog. We're setting them up on a play date. They're going to fall in love and bring us closer together.

Weiland: Exactly. [Laughs] No, but she did come to our studio inside the CFDA {Fashion Incubator}, and she was so fun and so cool. We honestly wanted her to hang out there all day.

What DO you do all day in the CFDA {Fashion Incubator}?

Weiland: "The Incubator." God, we sound like we're test tube babies. It's just a big building with studios, that's all.

Eckstein: Oh, but we did a design exercise in the Incubator—it was like a test to find out what's on your mind, what's going on, and what's influencing you. And we realized that our friends and the people we work with are so influential. Their looks, their personalities, they really affect us. So this collection puts those friendships into perspective for us.

Weiland: This is a personal collection. It's about our friends—and our friends are so cool. You know, even if they're uncool, they're actually supercool. Uncool is always what's truly fashionable, right?

You sound like you've thought a lot about that. Are you the cool friends or the uncool friends?

Eckstein: I thought I was very cool in high school! My friends thought I was, too. But I think a lot of other people were like, "This guy is kidding, right?" They definitely didn't think I was awesome.

Weiland: I wasn't cool at all. I only cared about surfing and thrift stores. That was me in high school. [Laughing.] Hey kids, you too can skip school to hang out at the beach and then become a CFDA designer!